先看一下英文解释irony : 1) the amusing or strange aspect of a situation that is very different from what you expect2) the use of words that say the opposite of what you really mean,often as a joke and with a tone of voice that shows thissatire : a way of criticizing a person ,an idea or an institution in which you use humour to show their faults or weaknessessarcasm : a way of using words that are the opposite of what you mean in order to be unpleasant to sb or to make fun of them可见 irony 和 sarcasm 都有反语的意思 而 sarcasm通常指对人进行挖苦嘲讽,irony可以指其他事物。satire和上面两个有区别,是指通过幽默对人,想法或机构的讽刺和取笑比如讽刺社会的阴暗面等。